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Thought this was interesting. Across 160 teams of researchers, just about all failed to make good life outcome predictions on things like GPA, evictions, layoffs, and others. Data followed 4.5k families across 15 years, with 13k features (varied over time). Haven't looked at it directly yet, but will be turning the docs and data inside out... In the meantime, authors claim this as showing the limits of ML. Oh, and it's published in PNAS, so you know there's some big publication energy there.
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Tableau has significantly more customization options on your more “standard” charts like sort order, manual order, grouping, filtration, etc. also, a considerable difference that would make my life more difficult to switch to Pbi is the lack of “level of detail” calculations in PBI
PBI is the classic example of over engineering & customization at expense of large scale user adoption
Tableau created the modern world of data visualization as we know it. They pushed the envelope, redefined what is possible. Microsoft was almost a decade behind.
The primary reason PBI is even an option is price. Tableau jacked up their price and is being milked by Salesforce.
The kind of people that are attracted to each platform reflects this reality. If you want the armies of offshore folks that are more highly skilled in data engineering, then you want PBI.
If you want the creatives, exploring your datasets, taking pride in bespoke pieces of art, understanding data visualization at a deeper level, not just pulling in and populating templates, then you want Tableau.
Personally, I love the freedom that I have with Tableau and feel suffocated by PBI. And the ETL that PBI does better than Tableau? Well, other tools do it better than PBI. For example Alteryx. Why not do it there? Only reason not to is cost.
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Tableau handles large datasets better. The data viz is also way more appealing, with lots of customization options. Good luck! I wish my firm switched from PBI to Tableau, but cost is a big factor
If the data are that large, shouldn’t most of the calculations and aggregations be happening at the data warehouse level? If only to increase processing speeds & create uniformity of measurement across specific functional dashboards.
I think for 90% of BI Issues PBI is the clear choice considering cost. Tableau is more flexible imo but I find PBI all around easier for most people to use because of familiarity with msft
All assuming you’re also mostly using windows not Mac OS
Try to understand why they are pushing PBI. Ask yourself which tool is better for your client? Maybe they already have team members familiar with PBI and that would facilitate knowledge transfer once you are done with your engagement or they are prioritizing PBI adoption across their business units. I know we all have our own tool preference but always do what is best for the client.
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I know, and I do, but the creative in me wants to show everyone a better view.
PBI doesn’t work natively on a Mac. Obviously this is org dependent, but we run all macs here.
Yes - I meant edit via the PBI desktop.
Power BI is trash that’s why it’s so cheap.
Powerbi is easy to learn and easy to roll out to a non technical user base. Tableau is overpriced.
Since cost is a factor - perhaps another view could be taking into account the resource/time cost of using PBI over Tableau. Given calc complexities, lack same lvl of drill downs etc - what would it cost for an experienced resource to do it on PBI.. ask for that effort cost to be added as a line item for true cost. Then Also add in Change mngt efforts for transitioning to PBI. Are there true “savings” then?